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Hoyt Yeatman

Known For
Visual Effects

Known Credits
6

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 23, 1955 (71 years old)

Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA

Hoyt Yeatman

Biography

Hoyt Yeatman (born January 23, 1955 in San Francisco, California, USA) is a visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on a number of films, including Armageddon, Con Air, and The Rock. He made his directorial debut with the film G-Force.

Yeatman is an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

In 1979 Yeatman, Scott Squires, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister co-founded Dream Quest Images, a groundbreaking visual effects house, winning the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1989 for the motion control and underwater effects in The Abyss. In 1996 Dream Quest was purchased by The Walt Disney Company, which became Disney's "The Secret Lab" in 1999. The Secret Lab closed its doors in 2003.

Known For

Visual Effects

2021Schmigadoon!...Visual Effects Supervisor
2007Underdog...Visual Effects Supervisor
1998Mighty Joe Young...Visual Effects Supervisor
1998Armageddon...Visual Effects Supervisor
1996The Rock...Visual Effects Supervisor
1995Crimson Tide...Visual Effects Supervisor
1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...Visual Effects
1989The Abyss...Visual Effects Supervisor
1988The Blob...Visual Effects Supervisor
1986The Fly...Visual Effects Supervisor

Directing

2009G-Force...Director
1977Canned Performance...Director

Writing

2009G-Force...Original Story

Camera

1982One from the Heart...Additional Photography

Acting

2017It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"as Self
2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'as Self
2005Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Flyas Self
2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collectionas Self
1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide'as Self
1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effectsas Self